I need some info to finish mapping out my Peplink network upgrade/overhaul.
Peplink Balance data sheets only list Routing Throughput and I can’t find any info on Switch Capacity specs.
By example: The current Balance 310 has Routing Throughput of 4Gbps and also has four 10G LAN ports. Is data traveling from LAN port 1 to LAN port 2 capped by the 4Gbps Routing ‘bus’ or can LAN packets saturate the 10G ports?
That depends on the model I believe. Some (like the b20x) are fully switched between the lan ports, but most of the bigger ones are software switched, which would have some CPU impact but not as much as wan-side L3 routing/nat (ie it would be more than 4G).
I’m not 100% sure which category the 310 HW5 is in, but I believe the lan ports are fully switched. If they are, it will do full 10G lan side.
Thank you, thank you! My faith in ordering the 310 + 48 Port PEO+ Switch appears to be validated. Having even limited headroom above the 4Gb Routing Throughput cap completely rescues our topology plans. 10Gbe would be aces.
And, interesting to hear that different models have differing architectures too.